# Abdul Malik

Abdul Malik (Arabic: عبد الملك) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Malik. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instance 'King' meaning 'King of Kings' as in Jesus Christ and in Islam, Al-Malik being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Malik, Malek or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
There is a distinct but related name, Abdul Maalik (Arabic: عبد المالك), meaning "servant of the Owner", referring to the Qur'anic name Mālik-ul-Mulk. The two names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration, and some of the names below are instance of the latter one.
It may refer to:
Allah's Servant which is called in urdu (Allah ka banda), a similar name like this is Abdullah.

## Political and military figures

* Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705), 5th Umayyad Caliph, ruling from Damascus
* Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan (718–778), Umayyad elder statesman, general, and governor of Seville.
* Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (died 812), Abbasid prince and general
* Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir) (died 961), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia)
* Abd al-Malik II (Samanid emir) (fl. 999), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia)
* Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (died 1008), general and vizier of the Caliphate of Cordoba, and governor of Seville and Saragossa
* Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid (died 1339) son of Marinid Sultan of Morocco Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
* Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi (died 1578), Sultan of Saadi Dynasty in Morocco
* Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (reigned 1627–1631), Sultan of Morocco
* Abdalmalik of Morocco (1696–1729), Sultan of Morocco
* Anwar Abdul Malik (1898–1998), Malaysian politician
* Abdul Malek Ukil (1924–1987), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
* Abdul Malik (Sergeant), Ghanaian military officer
* Abdulmalik Dehamshe (born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician
* Abdelmalek Droukdel (1970–2020), Algerian al-Qaeda leader
* Abdul Malik Pahlawan, Afghan militia leader who led his forces for both the Taliban and Northern Alliance
* Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (born 1979), Yemeni rebel
* Abdolmalek Rigi (ca. 1983–2010), Iranian Sunni militant
* Abdul Malik (born 1983), Prince of Brunei

## Sportspeople

* Abdul Malik (athlete) (born 1939), Pakistani sprinter
* Abdul Malik Mydin (born 1975), Malaysian swimmer
* Abdelmalek Cherrad (born 1981), Algerian footballer
* Abdelmalek Djeghbala (born 1983), Algerian footballer
* Abdelmalek Ziaya (born 1984), Algerian footballer
* Abdelmalek Mokdad (born 1985), Algerian footballer
* Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (born 1980), Egyptian footballer
* Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League
* Abdul Malik (cricketer) (born 1998), Afghan cricketer

## Scholars

* Abd al-Malik ibn Quraib Al-Asmaʿi (ca. 740–828), Iraqi scholar
* Abu Manşūr 'Abd ul-Malik ibn Mahommed ibn Isma'īl, known as Tha'ālibī (961–1038), Persian-Arabic philologist and writer
* Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr (1091–1161), Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist and teacher in Al-Andalus
* Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (1472–1567), Sunni Muslim scholar
* Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (1908–1981), Indonesian Muslim scholar

## Imams

* Abdul Malik Mujahid (born 1951), Pakistani-American imam
* Johari Abdul-Malik, American imam

## Other

* Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi, early narrator of hadith
* Abd al-Malik Nuri, Iraqi novelist and fiction writer (1921–1998)
* Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993), Sudanese-American jazz musician
* Abdul Malik (physician) (1929–2023), Bangladeshi professor and cardiologist, founder of National Heart Foundation
* Abdul Malik, name used by Michael X (1933–1975), Trinidadian black revolutionary
* Abdul Malik Jaber, Palestinian businessman
* Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik (1967–1996), Singaporean murderer
* Abdulmalik Mohammed (born 1973), Kenyan suspected of hotel bombing
* Abd al Malik (rapper) (born 1975), Congolese-French rapper
* Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat (1975–2003), Palestinian suicide bomber
* Abdul Malik Usman (died 2008), Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore
* Nebila Abdulmelik (born 1987), Ethiopian activist